The Write Stuff

This site is intended to be a useful and entertaining resource for information and inspiration dedicated to adventure, energy, and insight. We archive extensive materials regarding all the things we're into, including nearly all of Chris Kostman's articles about cycling, snowshoeing, triathlon, adventure, ultra-endurance sports, cave and technical scuba diving, archaeology, and much more. If you need info and like to read, then sit back and enjoy any or all of the more than 250 different and original articles and field reports we have on our sites. We've done our best to organize the articles by subject below. About the author.

248. "The Seven Pillars of Athletic Performance: Efficiency in Action" (2009 version), Endurance News, #63, May 2009 and Endurance News, #64, July 2009. An earlier version (192.) was published in Fitness Plus, November 1996 and ULTRA Cycling, Vol.5, No.3, July 1996.

247. "The Way of the Outdoor Athlete" (2009 version), Endurance News, #62, April 2009.

153. "Planet Ultra: It's Just an Attitude," City Sports, October 1993, Over The Edge, July 1994, and ULTRA Cycling, Vol. 4, No. 4, August 1995.

207. "Pain and Suffering: a Blueprint for Mastery," MultiSPORT, April 1999.

206. "Fuel for the Finish Line: Eight Lessons to Get You There," MultiSPORT, April 1999, and Marathon & Beyond Magazine, July 2007.

193. "A Day in the Life of an Adventure Athlete," Rivendell Reader, Vol.7, November 1996, and ULTRA Cycling, Vol.5, No.4, August 1996.

148. "55 Things to Do or Know on the Path to Excellence, Part One," Over The Edge, September 1994 and ULTRA Cycling, Spring 1995, then Part Two appeared in Over The Edge, November 1994 and ULTRA Cycling, Vol. 4, No. 3, July 1995.

176. "Fifteen More Things to Do or Know on the Path to Excellence," ULTRA Cycling, Vol.5, No.2, June 1996.

209. "SCUBA Diving: a Lifestyle for the 21st Century," Fitness, May 1999.

235: "Century Training: Cycling 100 Miles in One Day on 100 Hours of Training in Ten Weeks," National Geographic Adventure, June/July 2007. A revised version was published in Endurance News, #69, May 2010.

89. "Century Riding: 100 Miles in One Day on 100 Hours of Training," The Schedule, May 1993.